April 13, 2026 (San Francisco and Napa Valley, CA) — Hoopes Vineyard, Summit Lake Vineyards, and Smith-Madrone Winery jointly sued Napa County in federal court on September 5, 2024. The lawsuit alleged...
Summer in the Spring Mountain District.
St. Helena, Napa Valley, Summer 2024 – Wineries in the Spring Mountain District AVA in St. Helena are ready for summer time visitors. Like most wineries in...
AI Can Tell a Wine’s Vineyard with 100% Accuracy: AI may have just replaced another profession: wine tasters...
‘Hundreds of Millions’ of Wine Labels to Be Destroyed: New European Commission guidelines concerning the labelling of wine bottles could result in a huge number of already printed labels being destroyed,...
Extreme Weather and Falling Demand Are Pushing Wineries into the Red: High input costs and declining consumption are adding to the woes of small, independent wineries...
Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Georgia
November 17 2023, Ketchum (Idaho), Lenexa (Kansas), Doraville (Georgia), Melbourne (FL) and Napa Valley — Effective immediately the estate-vineyard wines of Smith-Madrone...
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Can Lowering Mile-High Tasting Room Fees Lure the Next Generation of Wine Drinkers?
Those who visit wineries in Paso Robles may be in for a shock these days....
Website Launches to Inform Public About Lawsuits: Hoopes Vineyards, Summit Lake Vineyards and Smith-Madrone Winery are suing Napa County over unconstitutional patterns and practices and have now launched...
Three Napa wineries are suing Napa County
Napa, October 5 2023—Hoopes Vineyards, Summit Lake Vineyards and Smith-Madrone Winery are suing Napa County over unconstitutional patterns and practices...
Winemaker Dies in Italy While Trying to Save Colleague Who Fainted in Wine Vat: A winemaker in Italy has died while trying to save his colleague who had passed out in a wine vat, according to Italy’s fire...
Two Wineries Join Lawsuit Accusing Napa County of Unconstitutional Patterns & Practices: Two wineries have filed motions to join Hoopes Vineyards as parties in interest in the ongoing action against...
Smith-Madrone & Summit Lake Wineries Join Hoopes Vineyards In Action Alleging Illegal Government Overreach Against Small Businesses
September 8th – NAPA – Two wineries have filed motions to...
Wine Prices Slide Lower to Start Q2: Cult Wines, the company actively redefining the fine wine market, reports fine wine markets declined in April by 0.37%, as measured by the performance of the Cult Wines...
Conversation will be all about Riesling
New York and Napa Valley, May 2023 —Why is Riesling so mysterious, so misunderstood and so marvelously delicious? Napa Valley Riesling pioneer Stuart Smith...
Head of Hong Kong Wine Merchant Major Cellar Arrested: Joseph Leung, who has just resigned from Hong Kong listed wine company Major Cellar as director, has been arrested by police for allegedly embezzling...
Three Smiths profiled in segment of series “Behind The Glass”
Napa Valley and Los Angeles, July 12 2021 — The wine and food streaming network Somm TV devotes a segment in its series Behind The Glass...
